Cupping band for bowling

ABSTRACT

A cupping band for bowling includes a wrist band that is installed to be supported on a user&#39;s wrist, and a finger band elastically deformably connected to the wrist band. The finger band has, on one side, a hole in which the user&#39;s finger is placed to pull the user&#39;s finger toward a palm.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0022424, filed on Feb. 26, 2019 and No. 10-2019-0044849, filed on Apr. 17, 2019, and all the benefits accruing therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 119, the contents of which in its entirety are herein incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

The present disclosure relates to a cupping band for bowling, and more particularly, to a cupping band for increasing the contact between a ball and a palm and consequentially improving the bowling ball throwing technique.

2. Description of the Related Art

A commonly used wrist support for bowling is a tool for bowling for preventing wrist or finger injuries that may occur to a user due to the weight of a bowling ball, and allowing the user to throw the bowling ball exactly according to the user's ball throwing style to improve game, and various types of wrist supports have been developed and are now on the market.

Particularly, Korean Patent No. 10-1676317 discloses a wrist support for bowling in which it is easy to move a contact block, it is possible to precisely control an amount of movement, its design is so simple to adjust the angle of the wrist support and unfasten quickly, it is worn in close contact to conform to the shape of the wrist or the back of the hand, and convenient operation makes it easy to adjust the angle of the support.

This wrist support for bowling or most of wrist supports on the market includes a function of supporting the back of the hand when the wrist is bent back by the weight of the ball put on the hand.

To pitch the ball well, a close contact between the ball and the palm is required, and in the existing wrist support methods, it is difficult to cup the wrist as desired due to a space between the ball and the palm and also difficult to keep the wrist in cupped position, and accordingly, it is difficult to build up to the advanced technique when throwing the ball.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure is designed to solve the above-described problem, and therefore the present disclosure is directed to providing a cupping band for increasing the contact between a ball and a palm and consequentially improving the bowling ball throwing technique.

To solve the above-described problem, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cupping band for bowling of the present disclosure includes a wrist band that is installed to be supported on a user's wrist, and a finger band having one end connected to the wrist band, and the other end having a hole in which the user's finger is placed, wherein the finger band is elastically deformable to pull the user's finger toward a palm.

According to an example related to the present disclosure, a hooked portion may be installed at one end of the finger band, and a fixing ring to which the hooked portion is attached and fixed may be installed in the wrist band.

A plurality of the fixing rings may be installed and spaced apart from each other.

According to another example related to the present disclosure, the wrist band may include a first part provided on two sides of a surface of the wrist band, and a second part provided between the two sides of the surface of the wrist band, wherein the first part and the second part can be attached to each other.

The first part and the second part may be attached to each other by velcro fastening, and the first part may be hook and the second part may be loop.

The wrist band may have a support element that is installed in an installation space formed when the first part and the second part are attached to each other, and the support element may connect the two sides of the wrist band with the wrist band wrapping the user's wrist.

A pulling plate may be installed in part of the finger band having the hole to pull the finger.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the cupping band for bowling of the present disclosure may further include a glove that is connected to the wrist band and worn on the user's hand.

The glove may include finger parts with open ends that are worn on a thumb, a middle finger and a ring finger, and finger parts with closed ends that are worn on an index finger and a little finger.

Additionally, the glove may include the finger parts that are worn on the index and little fingers and a palm contact surface in a non-slip structure to prevent a slip phenomenon of a bowling ball.

An air vent may be provided in part of the palm contact surface of the glove, and may be formed from a porous material to allow air out.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is a front view of a first embodiment of a cupping band of the present disclosure installed in a hand.

FIG. 1B is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a cupping band of the present disclosure installed in a hand.

FIG. 2A is a front view of a wrist band of a first embodiment of a cupping band of the present disclosure when viewed from one side.

FIG. 2B is a rear view of the wrist band of FIG. 2A when viewed from the other side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a finger band in FIG. 1A.

FIG. 4A is a front view of a second embodiment of a cupping band of the present disclosure installed in a hand.

FIG. 4B is a front view showing that a first part is apart from a second part in FIG. 4A.

FIG. 5A is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a cupping band of the present disclosure installed in a hand.

FIG. 5B is a perspective view showing that a first part is apart from a second part in FIG. 5A.

FIG. 6A is a front view of a wrist band and a glove of a second embodiment of a cupping band of the present disclosure when viewed from one side.

FIG. 6B is a rear view of FIG. 6A when viewed from the other side.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a finger band in FIG. 4A.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, embodiments disclosed herein will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and identical or similar reference signs are affixed to identical or similar elements and their redundant descriptions are omitted herein.

FIG. 1A is a front view of a first embodiment of a cupping band 100 of the present disclosure installed in a hand, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the cupping band 100 of the present disclosure installed in the hand. Additionally, FIG. 2A is a front view of a wrist band 10 of the first embodiment of the cupping band 100 when viewed from one side, and FIG. 2B is a rear view of the wrist band 10 of FIG. 2A when viewed from the other side. Meanwhile, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a finger band 20 in FIG. 1A.

Hereinafter, configuration of the first embodiment of the cupping band 100 of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 1A to 3.

The cupping band 100 of the present disclosure includes a wrist band 10 and a finger band 20.

The wrist band 10 is configured such that the wrist band 10 can be installed on a user's wrist, and is supported on the wrist.

The wrist band 10 may be installed around the user's wrist, and for example, the wrist band 10 has, on one surface, a first part 15 a and a second part 15 b that are attached to each other to wrap the user's wrist.

For example, the first part 15 a may be provided on two sides of one surface of the wrist band 10.

The second part 15 b may be provided between the first parts 15 a of the two sides on one surface of the wrist band 10.

Referring to FIG. 2B, shown is an example in which the first part 15 a is provided on the right side of the wrist band 10 and the second part is provided at the center, and the first part 15 a on the left side of the wrist band 10 is attached to the second part 15 b between the first parts 15 a on the left and right sides.

Additionally, the first and second parts 15 a, 15 b are attached to each other to form an installation space 18 in which a support element 17 is installed, and in more detail, the installation space 18 is formed between an attached surface where the first and second parts 15 a, 15 b are attached to each other and an inner surface where the wrist band 10 is folded.

In the present disclosure, the first and second parts 15 a, 15 b may be attached to each other, for example, by VELCRO® fastening (hook and loop fasteners), and in this case, the first part 15 a may be hook, and the second part 15 b may be loop.

Meanwhile, the support element 17 may be installed in the wrist band 10 to connect the two sides of the wrist band 10, and the support element 17 is installed in the installation space 18 formed when the first part 15 a and the second part 15 b are attached to each other, to connect the two sides of the wrist band 10 with the wrist band 10 wrapping the user's wrist.

Referring to FIGS. 2A and 2B, shown is an example in which the support element 17 of a rectangular shape is installed on one side of the wrist band 10. Additionally, referring to FIGS. 1B and 2B, the support element 17 is also installed in the installation space 18 formed when the first and second parts 15 a, 15 b are attached to each other on the other side of the wrist band 10, so that the wrist band 10 is installed on the user's wrist.

The support element 17 may be formed from plastic or metal with sufficient rigidity to stably support the two sides of the wrist band 10.

With the wrist band 10 supporting and wrapping the user's wrist, the first and second parts 15 a, 15 b are attached to each other, and the location of the second part 15 b, to which the first part 15 a is attached, may be adjusted, and thus the wrist band 10 may support and wrap the user's wrist to conform to the thickness of the user's wrist.

One end of the finger band 20 is elastically connected to the wrist band 10, and the finger band 20 has, at the other end, a hole 21 in which the user's finger is placed, to allow the user to pull the finger toward the palm.

FIGS. 1A and 1B show an example in which the finger band 20 is elastically connected to the wrist band 10, and causes the finger placed therein to be pulled toward the palm.

As shown in FIG. 3, the finger band 20 may have, at the other end, the hole 21 in which the finger is placed, and all the fingers except the thumb may be placed in the hole 21 of the finger band 20.

Additionally, a pulling plate 23 may be installed in the finger band 20 to stably pull the finger. The pulling plate 23 may have an insertion portion 23 a formed in a shape that part of the pulling plate 23 is cut out, and may be connected to the finger band 20. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the insertion portion 23 a of the pulling plate 23 is inserted and installed in part of the finger band 20 having the hole 21.

Although FIGS. 1A and 1B show an example in which one finger band 20 is provided and installed to be connected to the wrist band 10, the present disclosure is not necessarily limited thereto, and at least two finger bands 20 may be provided and connected to the wrist band 10.

When the finger band 20 is placed on the finger while being supported by the wrist band 10, the hand pushed back is pulled forward, thereby increasing the contact between the ball and the palm and consequentially improving the bowling ball throwing technique.

The existing wrist supports possess a function of protecting the wrist by pulling the hand back, but as opposed to the existing wrist supports, the cupping band 100 of the present disclosure has a function of increasing the contact between the ball and the palm by pulling the hand forward.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which a hooked portion 25 is installed at one end of the finger band 20, and although not shown in the drawing, the hooked portion 25 may be installed in the finger band 20 by a riveting method.

Meanwhile, the finger band 20 may be connected to the wrist band 10 by a hook method, and to this end, the hooked portion 25 may be installed at the other end of the finger band 20.

The hooked portion 25 may be formed of, for example, a hook, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

Additionally, the wrist band 10 may have, on one surface, a fixing ring 13 to which the hooked portion 25 is attached and fixed. Referring to FIG. 2A, shown is an example in which six fixing rings 13 are installed on the other surface of the wrist band 10 and spaced apart from each other. As such, a plurality of fixing rings 13 may be installed apart from each other, and the hooked portion 25 may be attached and installed in the fixing ring 13 of a proper location among the plurality of fixing rings 13.

As described above, one or two finger bands 20 may be provided and installed to be elastically connected to the wrist band 10, and when two finger bands 20 are provided, each finger band 20 may be placed on the middle and ring fingers or in the index and middle fingers.

FIG. 4A is a front view of a second embodiment of a cupping band 200 of the present disclosure installed in a hand, and FIG. 4B is a front view showing that a first part 215 a is apart from a second part 215 b in FIG. 4A.

Additionally, FIG. 5A is a perspective view of the second embodiment of the cupping band 200 of the present disclosure installed in the hand, and FIG. 5B is a perspective view showing that the first part 215 a is apart from the second part 215 b in FIG. 5A.

Meanwhile, FIG. 6A is a front view of a wrist band 210 and a glove 230 of the second embodiment of the cupping band 200 of the present disclosure when viewed from one side, and FIG. 6B is a rear view of FIG. 6A when viewed from the other side.

Hereinafter, configuration of the second embodiment of the cupping band 200 of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A to 6B.

The second embodiment of the cupping band 200 of the present disclosure may be a glove type cupping band.

In the same way as the configuration of the first embodiment of the cupping band 100 of the present disclosure, the second embodiment of the cupping band 200 of the present disclosure includes a wrist band 210 and a finger band 220. In addition, the second embodiment of the cupping band 200 further includes a glove 230.

The wrist band 210 is configured such that the wrist band 210 can be installed on a user's wrist, and is supported on the wrist.

The wrist band 210 may be installed around the user's wrist, and for example, the wrist band 210 has, on one surface of the wrist band 210, the first part 215 a and the second part 215 b that are attached to each other to wrap the user's wrist.

For example, the first part 215 a may be provided on one side of one surface of the wrist band 210.

The second part 215 b may be provided on one surface of the wrist band 210.

With the wrist band 210 wrapping the user's wrist, the first part 215 a and the second part 215 b are attached to each other and supported on the user's wrist firmly.

Referring to FIG. 6A, shown is an example in which the first part 215 a is provided on the left side of the wrist band 210, and the second part is provided from a location adjacent to the first part of the wrist band 210 to the right side.

The wrist band 210 may be formed from a material having elasticity to make the user feel convenient when the wrist band 210 wraps the user's wrist.

In the present disclosure, the first and second parts 215 a, 215 b may be attached to each other, for example, by VELCRO® fastening (hook and loop fasteners), and in this case, the first part 215 a may be hook, and the second part 215 b may be loop.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 6A, shown is an example in which the wrist band 210 has an installation space 218 on the right side of the wrist band 210, and in more detail, the right end of the wrist band 210 is fastened to one surface of the wrist band 210 to form the installation space 218.

Meanwhile, a support element 217 may be installed in the wrist band 210 to connect two sides of the wrist band 210, and referring to FIGS. 5A and 5B, when the support element 217 is installed in the installation space 218, with the wrist band 210 wrapping the user's wrist, the first and second parts 215 a, 215 b are attached to each other to connect the two sides of the wrist band 210. Additionally, FIG. 6A shows an example in which the installation space 218 is provided on the right side of the wrist band 210, and the support element 217 is installed in the installation space 218.

The support element 217 may be formed from plastic or metal having sufficient rigidity to stably support the two sides of the wrist band 210.

With the wrist band 210 supporting and wrapping the user's wrist, the first and second parts 215 a, 215 b are attached to each other, and the location of the second part 215 b, to which the first part 215 a is attached, may be adjusted, and thus the wrist band 210 may support and wrap the user's wrist to conform to the thickness of the user's wrist.

The glove 230 is configured such that it is connected to the wrist band 210 and is worn on the user's hand.

Referring to FIG. 6A, shown is an example in which the glove 230 is coupled on the top of the wrist band 210 in the drawing.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 6B, the glove 230 has a receiving space 231 a in which the hand is received.

By the structure in which the glove 230 is coupled to the wrist band 210, while the wrist band 210 supports the user's wrist, the glove 230 is worn on the user's hand, and thus the cupping band 200 of the present disclosure may be worn on the user's hand and wrist and support them more firmly, further improve the cupping effect, and increase the contact with the bowling ball.

The glove 230 may have finger parts 232, 234, 235 with open ends that are worn on the thumb, the middle finger and the ring finger, and finger parts 233, 236 with closed ends that are worn on the index and little fingers.

Referring to FIG. 6A, shown is an example in which the finger parts 232, 234, 235 that are worn on the thumb, the middle finger and the ring finger have open ends due to having cutout portions 234 a, 235 a, and FIGS. 4A to 5B show an example in which the knuckles of the thumb, the middle finger and the little finger are seen outside.

Additionally, the glove 230 may have the finger parts 233, 236 that are worn on the index and little fingers and a palm contact surface 231 in a non-slip structure to prevent a bowling ball slip phenomenon in which the bowling ball slips off the hand when the user throws the ball.

Particularly, the finger parts 233, 236 that are worn on the index and little fingers may have a power non-slip fabric structure to hold the bowling ball to prevent the bowling ball from slipping at the index or little finger when the bowling ball is placed on the palm.

In some cases, the user throws the bowling ball with the little finger being folded, and to this end, the finger part 236 that is worn on the little finger may have a power non-slip fabric structure on both the front and rear surfaces.

The glove 230 has an air vent 238 at part of the palm contact surface 231 that contacts the palm, and the air vent 238 is formed from a porous material to allow air out.

Referring to FIG. 6A, shown is an example in which the air vent 238 extends from the left side and the upper part of the palm contact surface 231 of the glove 230. The air vent 238 may be made of, for example, a porous fabric.

The glove 230 has the air vent 238 to allow air to flow out of the glove, thereby allowing sweat coming out of the hand within the glove to escape.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 6A, the palm contact surface 231 may have a cushion element 239 installed at the inside between the index finger part 233 and the thumb part 232. For example, the cushion element may include a sponge or an aircap. The cushion element 239 may mitigate pain occurring when the user puts the bowling ball on the palm contact surface 231 and the center of the bowling ball is placed near the palm adjacent to the index finger.

The finger band 220 is elastically connected to the wrist band 210, and is placed on the user's finger to allow the user to pull the finger toward the palm.

FIGS. 4A to 5B show an example in which the finger band 220 is elastically connected to the wrist band 210 and causes the finger placed therein to be pulled toward the palm.

Meanwhile, FIG. 7 shows the finger band 220 in FIG. 4A, and as shown in FIG. 7, the finger band 220 may have, on one side, a hole 221 in which the finger is placed, and all the fingers except the thumb may be placed in the hole 221 of the finger band 220.

Additionally, a pulling plate 223 may be installed in the finger band 220 to stably pull the finger. The pulling plate 223 may have an insertion portion 223 a formed in a shape that part of the pulling plate 223 is cut out, and may be connected to the finger band 220. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the insertion portion 223 a of the pulling plate 223 is inserted and installed in part of the finger band 220 having the hole 221.

Although FIGS. 4A to 5B show an example in which one finger band 220 is provided and installed to be connected to the wrist band 210, the present disclosure is not necessarily limited thereto, and at least two finger bands 220 may be provided and connected to the wrist band 210.

When the finger band 220 is placed on the finger while being supported by the wrist band 210, the hand pushed back is pulled forward, thereby increasing the contact between the ball and the palm and consequentially improving the bowling ball throwing technique.

The existing wrist supports possess a function of protecting the wrist by pulling the hand back, but as opposed to the existing wrist supports, the cupping band 200 of the present disclosure has a function of increasing the contact between the ball and the palm by pulling the hand forward.

FIG. 7 shows an example in which a hooked portion 225 is installed on the other side of the finger band 220, and although not shown in the drawing, the hooked portion 225 may be installed in the finger band 220 by a riveting method.

Meanwhile, the finger band 220 may connected to the wrist band 210 by a hook method, and to this end, the hooked portion 225 may be installed on the other side of the finger band 220.

The hooked portion 225 may be formed of, for example, a hook, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

Additionally, the wrist band 210 may have, on one surface, a fixing ring 213 to which the hooked portion 225 is attached and fixed. Referring to FIG. 6A, shown an example in which six fixing rings 213 are installed on the other surface of the wrist band 210 and spaced apart from each other. As such, a plurality of fixing rings 213 may be installed apart from each other, and the hooked portion 225 may be attached and installed in the fixing ring 13 of a proper location among the plurality of fixing rings 213.

Hereinafter, effects of the cupping band 100, 200 of the present disclosure will be described.

As described above, one or two finger bands 220 may be provided and installed to be elastically connected to the wrist band 210, and when two finger bands 220 are provided, each finger band 220 may be placed on the middle and ring fingers or the index and middle fingers.

The cupping band 100, 200 of the present disclosure may make cupping most safe and strongest when the finger band 20, 220 is placed on the middle and ring fingers, compared to when the finger band 20, 220 is placed on the other fingers.

Additionally, when the finger band 20, 220 is placed on the index finger, the cupping band 100, 200 of the present disclosure may apply a large amount of forward pushing force, helping to push the ball without a loose ball phenomenon when throwing the ball. The loose ball phenomenon is a phenomenon in which the ball slips at the index finger of a person having weak grip strength in the index finger.

Additionally, when the finger band 20, 220 is placed on the index and middle fingers, the cupping band 100, 200 of the present disclosure allows a female user with less powerful turn or a male user having track flare over the thumb hole due to strong grip strength in the little finger to keep the turn.

Meanwhile, when the finger band 20, 220 is placed on the little finger, the cupping band 100, 200 of the present disclosure may mitigate pain caused by improper swing due to a strong force applied to push the ball, make it easy to read the lane, and improve an impact of the ball, thereby increasing strike probability.

As opposed to the existing wrist supports, the cupping band 100, 200 of the present disclosure has the function of pulling forward the hand pushed back, thereby increasing the contact between the ball and the palm and improving the ball throwing technique.

The cupping band 100, 200 of the present disclosure lessens the burden on the fingers and the wrist due to a force overexerted to hold the wrist in cupped position, thereby preventing wrist injuries.

The cupping band 100, 200 of the present disclosure is placed on all the fingers except the thumb, thereby reducing the force applied to the fingers.

In the second embodiment of the cupping band 200 of the present disclosure, the palm contact surface 231 of the glove 230 may be made of a non-slip fabric to hold the ball to prevent the ball from slipping, and the finger parts 233, 236 that are worn on the index and little fingers are made of a power non-slip fabric having high friction resistance to hold the bowling ball to prevent the bowling ball from slipping at the index or little finger when the bowling ball is put on the palm.

The cupping band for bowling 100, 200 as described above is not limited to the configuration and method of the embodiments described above, and some or all the embodiments may be selectively combined to make various modifications.

It is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure may be embodied in other particular forms without departing from the spirit and essential features of the present disclosure. Therefore, the above detailed description should not be interpreted as being limiting in all aspects and should be considered as being exemplary. The scope of the present disclosure should be determined by the reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and the scope of the present disclosure covers all modifications within the equivalent scope of the present disclosure. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A cupping band for bowling, comprising: a wrist band that is installed to be supported on a user's wrist; and a finger band having one end connected to the wrist band, and the other end having a hole in which the user's finger is placed, wherein the finger band is elastically deformable to pull the user's finger toward a palm.
 2. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 1, wherein a hooked portion is installed at one end of the finger band, and a fixing ring to which the hooked portion is attached and fixed is installed in the wrist band.
 3. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of the fixing rings is installed and spaced apart from each other.
 4. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 1, wherein the wrist band includes: a first part provided on two sides of a surface of the wrist band; and a second part provided between the two sides of the surface of the wrist band, wherein the first part and the second part can be attached to each other.
 5. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 4, wherein the first part and the second part are attached to each other by hook and loop fasteners, wherein the first part is a hook, and the second part is a loop.
 6. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 4, wherein the wrist band has a support element that is installed in an installation space formed when the first part and the second part are attached to each other, and the support element connects the two sides of the wrist band with the wrist band wrapping the user's wrist.
 7. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 1, wherein a pulling plate is installed in part of the finger band having the hole to pull the finger.
 8. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 1, further comprising: a glove that is connected to the wrist band and worn on the user's hand.
 9. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 8, wherein the glove includes finger parts with open ends that are worn on a thumb, a middle finger and a ring finger, and finger parts with closed ends that are worn on an index finger and a little finger.
 10. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 9, wherein the glove includes the finger parts that are worn on the index and little fingers and a palm contact surface in a non-slip structure to prevent a slip phenomenon of a bowling ball.
 11. The cupping band for bowling according to claim 8, wherein an air vent is provided in part of the palm contact surface of the glove, and is formed from a porous material to allow air out. 